Vagelis Café and Bar

Known around Brisbane for its unbeatable breakfasts – especially the amazing omelettes, which must be the city’s biggest – Vagelis is a brilliant all-around modern Greek eatery, conveniently located at Rossiter Parade and Racecourse Road in Hamilton’s core. Its Mediterranean flair extends from the kitchen to the seating area, as groups can enjoy a setting that seems conducive to enjoying food and friends the Mediterranean way – with lots of laughing, chatting, clinking of glasses and scraping of plates. The reasons for such well-scraped plates are not cultural, though, but culinary.

Vagelis is always pumping for weekend breakfasts, when outdoor tables on Racecourse Road fill up with punters from Hamilton and elsewhere in Brisbane looking for those famously oversized omelettes or other delicious morning cafe meals, from banana French toast and three kinds of pancakes to fresh bagels with lox, savoury mince on Turkish toast, a turbo breakfast burrito or a health-boosting tomato, avocado and smoked salmon stack. They have creative salads numbering in double digits alongside gourmet sandwiches and elegant antipasto plates for lunch, and dinner dishes include braised lamb shanks, spicy penne matricciana, molten moussaka, succulent Greek Loukanika sausage and a whole lot more. The menu covers plenty of shareable dishes as well as lighter options or hearty mains, so it’s hard to think of a time when Vagelis wouldn’t be among the best options around.